Serif Normal Vasy 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book text, editorial, magazines, literature, branding, classic, literary, refined, formal, readability, tradition, elegance, editorial tone, bracketed, hairline, oldstyle, calligraphic, lively.
A high-contrast serif with crisp hairlines and bracketed serifs, showing a traditional, bookish structure with a slightly lively, oldstyle flavor. Curves are smooth and full, while joins and terminals stay clean and controlled, creating a polished page color in text. Proportions are on the compact side, with relatively tall ascenders and descenders that give the lowercase a graceful vertical rhythm. Numerals and capitals maintain the same refined contrast and sharp finishing, reading clearly without feeling rigid.
Well suited to book interiors, long-form editorial typography, and magazine text where a refined serif voice is desired. It can also serve in headlines and pull quotes when you want classic elegance, provided size and reproduction preserve the thin hairlines.
The overall tone is classic and cultivated, suggesting established editorial and literary contexts. Its sharp contrast and tidy serifs lend a sense of formality, while the gently calligraphic shaping keeps it from feeling sterile.
Designed to deliver a conventional, high-contrast serif experience that feels at home in traditional publishing. The intent appears to balance elegance and readability through familiar oldstyle construction, disciplined serifs, and consistent stroke modulation.
The italic is not shown; the sample and grid indicate a consistent roman with pronounced stroke modulation and clear counters. The lowercase shows traditional two-storey forms (notably in a and g), reinforcing a conventional text-seriffed character suited to continuous reading.